DX Studio Newshttp://www.dxstudio.com/All the latest news on DX Studio, including new releases, competitions and special offers.en-usMon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTMon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/rss/DX Studio Teamsupport@worldweaver.comsupport@worldweaver.comGameSplice 2011 Original Game Contesthttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=62f5701e-fb21-4dd6-8af8-5d6d4f4a5dd9<p>GameSplice Games have officially announced their first annual "Original Game Contest" with a theme for this year of "Action and Adventure".</p>
<p>Prizes totalling over $1,000 are up for grabs and winning game entries will be showcased at GameSplice.com.</p>
<p>The contest is open to anyone developing with DX Studio v3.2.72 (or higher) and runs from now until November 1st 2011.</p>
<p>Full details of the contest can be found at the <a href='http://www.GameSplice.com/home1/'>GameSplice website</a>.</p>
Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=62f5701e-fb21-4dd6-8af8-5d6d4f4a5dd9Worldweaver Carbon Home Page Arrivedhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=346b2056-f7f4-47b6-9c37-c00fcf706e59<p>The new landing page for Worldweaver Carbon (the successor to DX Studio) is up, and shows the new Carbon logo that will be applied to all the cross platform tools.</p>
<p>As DX Studio had a strong DirectX reference, the variety of APIs used in the cross platform tools meant a new name was more suitable.</p>
<p>The full site will appear here on launch, but we'll post sneak peaks and screenshots in the social media forums too (see the new home page for links).</p>
<p><a href='http://www.worldweavercarbon.com/'>Worldweaver Carbon Home Page</a></p>Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=346b2056-f7f4-47b6-9c37-c00fcf706e59New LinkedIn and Facebook groupshttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=ea0e3831-91dc-48da-a488-90b8d3265cc3<p>
As part of our move away from newsletter emails towards faster and more modern community tools, we've now got two new groups on LinkedIn and Facebook available to join...
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<p><a href='http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Worldweaver-Apps-Games-3059760'>Worldweaver Apps and Games - LinkedIn Group</a></p>
<p><a href='http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_183079235073514'>Worldweaver Apps and Games - Facebook Group</a></p>
<p>We'll be keeping these new channels under review for popularity, so please do join up if you'd like to get the latest news or join any discussions on those sites.</p>
<p>We'll also be updating our Twitter feed more often too, with quick bits of news on plans, releases and updgrades:-</p>
<p><a href='http://twitter.com/csworldweaver'>Twitter</a></p>
<p>And/or you could give us a Facebook thumbs up here:-</p>
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FWorldweaver-Ltd%2F146175858786724&amp;width=200&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;show_faces=false&amp;stream=false&amp;header=false&amp;height=62" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:200px; height:90px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=ea0e3831-91dc-48da-a488-90b8d3265cc3DX Studio Carbon To Support WebGLhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=f0c1e19e-7f1d-4ec1-b106-1cb9fc26eda5<p>We are pleased to announce that DX Studio Carbon (v4) will include a build option to WebGL.</p>
<p>Confirmation by key software and hardware vendors that WebGL will be supported on all platforms (including mobile) has shifted our focus to this technology over per-platform plugin based players.</p>
<p>This means that at last developers will be able to publish truly cross-platform 3D for all without plugins, and we think DX Studio will be well placed as a middleware tool to boost productivity in building games and apps.</p>
<p>The Windows exe based player will remain for simulation or non-web tools, but for all other output we'll be recommending publishing to HTML5+WebGL.</p>
<p>Hopefully this news will help build the momentum of WebGL further to ensure it's fully implemented in IE10 - all other browsers will have full support this year. IE9 can be made to display WebGL currently by a Google Chrome Tab plugin, but built in support is what we really need.</p>
<p>If you have Google Chrome, check out this example of what can be done now in WebGL <a href='http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/'>Google Body</a>.</p>
<p>You can comment on and discuss on this story on the Announcements forum page <a href='http://www.dxstudio.com/forumtopic.aspx?topicid=d56c66c9-556c-4ff5-b7bf-3a5c630525f3'>here</a></p>.Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=f0c1e19e-7f1d-4ec1-b106-1cb9fc26eda5Worldweaver Kindle Engine Powers Interactive Fictionhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=7da021e0-b9f0-4446-9b29-ff4ab9c06ae1<p>Worldweaver are bringing the original Fighting Fantasy series of game books to the Kindle, starting with "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain".</p>
<p>It's available to buy as Kindle Active Content (currently US only) from the <a href='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JWHW92'>Kindle Store on Amazon</a>.</p>
<p>As a developer we are looking to release high quality titles on all new platforms that we support to demonstrate and promote what can be achieved with our tools and technologies.</p>
<p>You can find out more about this project on <a href='http://www.worldweaver.com/fightingfantasy.aspx'>the Worldweaver site</a>.</p>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=7da021e0-b9f0-4446-9b29-ff4ab9c06ae1DX Studio Based Game on Amazonhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=8f8f45a7-ed23-4104-b820-6598fffe4eda<p>The DX Studio based game by forum user Mr Adventures is now on Amazon and available for pre-order.</p>
<p>He has also been kind enough to send through 2 copies of the game, which we'll be including as prizes in the upcoming DX Studio v4 Competiton. More details on that soon.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iceberg-Interactive-Baron-Wittard-DVD/dp/B004K6KUP0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297345363&sr=8-1'>Baron Wittard - Nemesis of Ragnarok</a></p>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=8f8f45a7-ed23-4104-b820-6598fffe4eda10000th User Dayhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=bef0258b-8ecc-4023-85dc-9d52fe3e35aa<p>Today our 10,000th DX Studio user has registered, which although fundamentally a mere curiosity of base 10 numbers, we think represents a milestone in the product history. :-)</p>
<p>Rather than just issue a voucher to that user though, we've decided to offer everyone a 20% off anything DX Studio voucher - new licenses, renewals, etc. for the next 24 hours. Even for those of you who have just bought a license, you could still benefit by adding +1yr support and updates at the 20% off rate (which is always added to the expiry of the existing period).</p>
<p>To take advantage, add this voucher code during checkout...</p>
<p>DXVC385464</p>
<p>...and you'll get 20% off your entire basket, for as many uses as you like.</p>
<p>All renewals and new licenses will include a free upgrade to DX Studio Carbon (v4) as soon as it's available.<p>
<p>Many thanks again to everyone in the community for your support.</p>
<p>DX Studio Team</p>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=bef0258b-8ecc-4023-85dc-9d52fe3e35aav4 Premium Content Previewhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=92e7aee3-c6e9-4b85-87c8-43102f1a1eb7<p>With the upcoming v4 release is a new stack of premium content, available to download and purchase directly in the editor via the new DXCredits system.</p>
<p>You can take a peek at some of the models that will be available now in <a href='http://www.dxstudio.com/forumtopic.aspx?topicid=a9d8e418-4062-4b59-8fcf-cbc06192364b'>this forum thread</a>.</p>
<p>More models and other content will be released on a monthly basis, and will be announced in the new monthly DX Studio Newsletter coming with the v4 release.</p>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=92e7aee3-c6e9-4b85-87c8-43102f1a1eb7v4 Sneak Peak Releasedhttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=ea248928-362d-45e0-8f45-d99877fc7959<p>We've released some shots of the new v4 editor in action.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.dxstudio.com/forumtopic.aspx?topicid=6326122f-f252-47d6-a791-f54f7b5a2db6'>v4 Editor Sneak Peak</a></p>
<p>Stay tuned for more info and videos of the cross platform parts, and the first betas...</p>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=ea248928-362d-45e0-8f45-d99877fc7959DX Studio Competitive Upgrade Availablehttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=5d1c9d54-2f61-4e46-b1d5-a3ba120c9b51<p>For the rest of November we're offering a 25% discount off all new DX Studio licenses for those looking to join us from other engines.</p>
<p>To qualify, please email us (support at worldweaver dot com) a receipt for an engine and we'll send you back a voucher code to enter during checkout.</p>
<p>As part of the year of free support and updates, you'll also be receiving v4 (cross platform, step debugger, deferred lighting) without further charge as soon as it's ready.</p>
<p>Many thanks for taking an interest in DX Studio and our community! :-)</p>
<p>DX Studio Team</p>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.dxstudio.com/news.aspx?newsid=5d1c9d54-2f61-4e46-b1d5-a3ba120c9b51